About
Elizabeth Hughes
Massage therapist and bodyworker
Massage therapist and bodyworker
Elizabeth Hughes
Hi I'm the person behind the the website and my hands do the bodywork.
I am a relatively late comer to massage. Having been fully employed for twenty years, my career hit an unexpected dead end. What was I do to?
I'd been studying massage as a hobby. This had all started with finding a wonderful colour picture book on massage. Photographs are great but they don't show the actual movement. (My adventure started before the ease of YouTube and the internet!) Luckily for me
the book had a reference for a massage school. They did a "taster day" and then I signed up to do their course!
I haven't looked back. The training may not have been easy but it has been fun! Massage is something that everyone likes.
I have my own list of aches and pains has so far included: suffering from foot pain (plantar fasciitis), shoulder pain from a poor computer set-up (which later became a repetitive overuse injury), lower back pain issues, tender knees, and hip problems. I have even had injuries from doing massage!
Why am I telling you this? I've been where you are now. I know how aches and pains slowly develop. I know the excuses. You keep talking to yourself saying - "this will get better!" Sometimes it does but other times pain gets so bad that finally you have to see someone for help. Having let it get so bad, the recovery may be a slow process and you may need a few sessions before you feel that your body has completely healed.
I'm here to help your body return to health whether it is in pain, feeling stressed, or just needing some relaxation! With a range of therapies to chose from, there should be one that suits your body's needs. Ultimately, only you can say whether that therapy is helping you.
Why call my business Touch Point Therapy? Although I trained in massage, I do a range of different therapies. All massage is bodywork but not all bodywork is massage. All the therapies I do involve touch and I seem able to find those "tender" spots. Voila Touch Point Therapy.
Although I completed my initial training in anatomy, physiology and therapeutic massage in 2000, my studies continue. (Training in massage is more involved than just learning how to do the strokes. Did you know that there are 206 bones in the human body and about 630 muscles?)
There is still so much to learn about the body. The new buzz word now is "fascia" and seeing the body as an interconnected network! So how will this affect bodywork? I'm still learning!
By continuing my studies, I am expanding the range of techniques I have available so that I can give you, the client, the treatment that is most appropriate for your needs.
Here is a list of my massage training and professional memberships.
I am a relatively late comer to massage. Having been fully employed for twenty years, my career hit an unexpected dead end. What was I do to?
I'd been studying massage as a hobby. This had all started with finding a wonderful colour picture book on massage. Photographs are great but they don't show the actual movement. (My adventure started before the ease of YouTube and the internet!) Luckily for me
the book had a reference for a massage school. They did a "taster day" and then I signed up to do their course!
I haven't looked back. The training may not have been easy but it has been fun! Massage is something that everyone likes.
I have my own list of aches and pains has so far included: suffering from foot pain (plantar fasciitis), shoulder pain from a poor computer set-up (which later became a repetitive overuse injury), lower back pain issues, tender knees, and hip problems. I have even had injuries from doing massage!
Why am I telling you this? I've been where you are now. I know how aches and pains slowly develop. I know the excuses. You keep talking to yourself saying - "this will get better!" Sometimes it does but other times pain gets so bad that finally you have to see someone for help. Having let it get so bad, the recovery may be a slow process and you may need a few sessions before you feel that your body has completely healed.
I'm here to help your body return to health whether it is in pain, feeling stressed, or just needing some relaxation! With a range of therapies to chose from, there should be one that suits your body's needs. Ultimately, only you can say whether that therapy is helping you.
Why call my business Touch Point Therapy? Although I trained in massage, I do a range of different therapies. All massage is bodywork but not all bodywork is massage. All the therapies I do involve touch and I seem able to find those "tender" spots. Voila Touch Point Therapy.
Although I completed my initial training in anatomy, physiology and therapeutic massage in 2000, my studies continue. (Training in massage is more involved than just learning how to do the strokes. Did you know that there are 206 bones in the human body and about 630 muscles?)
There is still so much to learn about the body. The new buzz word now is "fascia" and seeing the body as an interconnected network! So how will this affect bodywork? I'm still learning!
By continuing my studies, I am expanding the range of techniques I have available so that I can give you, the client, the treatment that is most appropriate for your needs.
Here is a list of my massage training and professional memberships.
